As we all know, there is a common sense for players——— that all life has a soul projection in the subspace, and the stronger the spiritual power, the greater the projection. Demons are also attracted to the projection, and then come to find the owner of the projection, which is then transformed into a twisted monster.

But the problem is when asked what exactly is the projection of the human soul in subspace......... Few people can answer this question.

After all, people rarely go to subspace, and the default subspace is the territory of demons, but in fact, players who go to subspace rarely recognize which is the projection of the human soul, or what the projection of the human soul looks like in the subspace.

Although the soul fragment is a kind of soul projection, it is more like an echo of the lost old world than a projection of life in the real world.

And now, Duanmu Ai said that he has found the answer to this question.

"I really didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to practice this."

Looking at the soul projection of Amagi Yukiko in front of him, Duanmu Ai couldn't help but whisper to himself. Most people have never seen what the projection of the human soul looks like, and now, Duanmu Ai said that if it were in the Empire, he could write a paper on this topic.

"On How the Projection of the Human Soul Is Demonized in Subspace"

That's right, that's what Duanmu Ai is seeing so far.

The princess Yukiko is clearly a soul projection of the main body, but the main body denies this, and Duanmu Ai is not sure if there is some kind of connection between this. But the fact is that the soul projection, which has been negated by the ontology, has begun to mutate significantly, and is moving towards demonization.

So, is this one of the reasons why subspace is full of demons?

Also, why did it kill Yukiko Amagi?

Is there anything else involved?

Just as Duanmu Ai was thinking, Chieda Satoaka and the others had already started a battle with this demonized soul projection, but this soul projection was obviously very powerful after the demonization, and logically speaking, ordinary humans would have been torn to pieces by it a long time ago. But to Duanmu's surprise, this group of teenagers actually had special powers, and they were able to summon something similar to an electronic demon to fight!

Is that a stand-in?!

Okay, no kidding, but in Duanmu Ai's opinion, the existence summoned by these people is indeed very similar to a stand-in. They are not electronic demons, they are not self-conscious, they are more like a projection of the consciousness and soul of the teenagers themselves, and when these beings are harmed, they are also injured as summoners.

This is the difference with the Demon Summoner, who can drive the Electro Demon to fight, but the death or life of the Electro Demon does not directly affect them. Take Duanmu Ai as an example, if the Yellow Dragon she summoned is destroyed, then she only needs to summon another electronic demon.

It's like "Stand down, Bikachu" and "Come out, King Carp". During the whole process, the demon summoner itself will not be harmed.

And on the other hand, if the beings summoned by these people die, well......... Judging by the current situation, they are expected to die too?

As for Amagi Yukiko's situation, Duanmu Ai is not very clear, and judging from the information collected on the way, she has obviously decided on her future. But deep down in her heart, she was unwilling to accept this future, so she rebelled against the soul projection.

And now, Chieda Satoma is resisting the attack of that demon while desperately trying to convince Yukiko Amagi———Well, there's a lot of nonsense in the middle, let's skip to the end, in a word, the two untied the knot, and Yukiko Amagi also mustered up the courage to take the first step.

"No —————!!"

Just as Amagi Yukiko pushed open the cage that imprisoned her, she saw that demonized soul projection suddenly screamed, and at the same time, its power weakened a lot. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Yu Narugami and Hanamura teamed up to knock him down, and then Chieda Satanaka manipulated his stand-in to give the opponent a fatal blow, knocking him to the ground and disappearing completely.

I see, is this why the soul projection wants to kill the master?

Looking at the demon that gradually disappeared in the scream, Duanmu Ai silently made a note in his heart, now it seems that the soul projection also has a certain self-awareness, and the lower the subject's recognition of it, the more it will receive power from the surrounding subspace and distort into a demon, but once the subject accepts its existence, then it is equivalent to consolidating the connection between the two sides again, and the soul projection has to return to the mastery of the subject?

Just when Duanmu Ai was thinking, I saw that princess Yukiko appeared again, but now she no longer has the arrogant and domineering liveliness she had before, but like a puppet, standing in place, motionless.

"I'm sorry I didn't identify with you before."

At this time, Amagi Yukiko also walked up to her soul projection and held her hand.

"I want to escape, I want someone to save me, this is really my mood........."

“……………”

Hearing Amagi Yukiko's words, the soul projection smiled slightly, and then a ray of light appeared on its body, and then ——— saw it turn into a similar stand-in existence and appear behind Amagi Yukiko.

"I see, that's how it came about."

Seeing this, Duanmu Ai finally understood how these things similar to electronic demons appeared on the bodies of these ordinary-looking teenagers and girls. In this way, their complicated expressions before can be understood——— well, that is to say, these stand-ins are actually the crystallization of their black history.

This is really interesting, I didn't expect to be able to accidentally discover the existence of subspace here.........

"By the way, Yukiko, how the hell did you end up here?"

At this time, Chieda Sainaka also raised his inner questions to his friend.

"We were shocked when we saw you on TV."

"Huh? Sorry, I'm not very clear either, I just remember that I was helping out in the hostel and then it seemed that the guests came, and I went to receive ......... Then I lost consciousness, and when I woke up, I was already here. I'm sorry, but I don't really remember what happened........."

"That's ........."

Hearing Amagi Yukiko's answer, Chieda Satanaka frowned, while Yu Narugami looked around suspiciously.

"Why is it gone?"

"Huh? Speaking ........."

Hearing the words of their companions, the others raised their heads and looked around, only to see that the mysterious pink girl pig had disappeared without knowing when. It seems that just as they were focusing on Amagi Yukiko's body, the other party had quietly disappeared and disappeared.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the reactions of the others, the confused Amagi Yukiko asked, and Chieda Sarchim only came back to her senses at this time, and then made a decision.

"All in all, let's get out of here first, Yukiko has been missing for a while, her body is very weak, and she needs to rest as soon as possible."

"That's right, let's go."

With their doubts behind them, the four of them left the eerie palace and returned to the street, where they slipped into a television in the window and disappeared from the subspace.

It was only then that Ai Duanmu, who was dressed in a pink girl pig puppet costume, reappeared.

"That's what it is, that's what it is......... Well......... Interesting, indeed, huh? But this ........."

Thinking of this, Duanmu Ai suddenly thought of something and frowned.

From the current point of view, the soul projection of the subspace will affect me, so will those guys who have been stolen by the so-called heart monster thieves steal their desires and repent, will it be a similar situation? Those monster thieves also have the ability to enter the subspace like these teenagers, and then they use this ability to manipulate the soul projection of the subspace, so those people will change their temperament and repent?

It's true that the electronic demons say it's impossible, but if it's subspace and soul projection.........

There is also the information they heard from Hanamura before, according to them, the reason why they are worried that Amagi Yukiko will be the next victim is that Amagi Yukiko is also connected with the victims of the previous two cases——— Mayumi Yamano had been in Amagi Yukiko's hotel for a while before her death.

Of course, the connection between the two sides seems to end there.

But at least, it's a clue.

So, who brought Yukiko Amagi to Subspace?

Chieda asked just now, but Amagi Yukiko didn't have an answer, while Hanamura and Narugami thought it was probably the Monster of the Heart's thieves who did it.

But in any case, they are right about one thing——— that there must be some kind of person with special abilities who can enter the subspace to be able to do such a thing.

As for whether it's a group of thieves......... Duanmu Ai felt that it should not be them.

Oh, it's not that they don't have the ability, it's that they don't have the intelligence.

Especially an idiot like Ryuji Sakamoto, it's no wonder that he can leave no evidence after the first murder.

In this way, it is necessary to adjust the priority of the investigation case.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Ai also made a decision.

On the side of the Monster Thieves, because of their own rumors, they shouldn't be able to take any more action in a short period of time, just right, so it's good to put their energy into this case. After all, the soul projection of subspace is a big issue, and Duanmu Ai also wants to see if the death of the soul projection will have some connection with himself. Yamano anchor and Konishi Saki were killed before, and no useful clues were found at the scene, so does this mean that they were also taken to the subspace by people and killed by their own soul projections, just like Amagi Yukiko?

If that's the case, then the situation is much more complicated.

And......... Maybe you can find that bastard who has been living for 60 years here!

(End of chapter)